Affiliation:
1. Ondokuz Mayıs University
2. ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY
Abstract
In this study, it was aimed to investigate the effects of varying holding durations on some post-hatching characteristics of broiler pure line chicks with different selection backgrounds. Fifty d-old chicks from each of 3 dam (A1, A2, A3) and 1 sire (B1) ANADOLU-T broiler pure lines were used. Ten chicks of each genotype were treated with holding durations of 0, 12, 24, 36 and 48-h after hatching. At the end of each holding duration, individual chick weight (g), weight loss (g, %), chick length (mm), wing feather length (mm), rectal temperature (°C), yolk sac weight and percentage (g, %) and yolk-free body mass (g) were determined. Hatching egg weights were similar in A1 (60.9 g), A2 (60.9 g) and B1 (61.1 g) lines, but higher than A3 (59.2 g) (P
Funder
TAGEM of the Republic of Turkey Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (Ref Nr, TAGEM/16/ ARGE17) and Ondokuz Mayıs University Project Office
Subject
General Earth and Planetary Sciences,General Environmental Science
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